Casket-support.



M. L. KINNISON.

CASKET SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1,911.

Pat ented Apr. 2, 1918.

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ATTORNEY WITNESSES MARTIN I1. KINNISON, OFI-IASKELL, TEXAS.

' CASKET-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed April 3, 1917. Serial No. 159,534.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. KINNrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Haskell, in the county of Haskell and State of Texas have invented new and useful Improvements in Casket-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports for burial caskets and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest fiat upon the floor.

Also the device is foldable in order to permit the casket to be readily placed within a hearse or removed therefrom in the usual manner.

With this object in View the support comprises legs which are hingedly or pivotally connected with the bottom of the casket there being means provided for holding the legs in extended position with relation to the casket when desired to support the casket at an elevated position. The said means may be manipulated whereby the legs may be folded flat against the bottom of the casket and hence the casket may rest upon a flat surface or may be readily passed within a hearse or removed therefrom aS hereinbefore indicated.

In the accompanying drawings Figure .1 is a bottom plan view of the casket with the supportsupplied;

Fig. ,2 is a side elevation of the same with parts in section. s

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view of parts of the support.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing the casket 1 is of usual pattern and is provided with a bottom 2 which is ositioned slightly above the lower edges 0 the side wall thereof.

Bearings 3 are mounted at the lower surfaces of the bottom wall of the casket and U-shaped legs 4 are journaled at their intermediate portions in the said bearings 3. Blocks 5 are mounted upon the side portions of the legs 1 and rods 6 are ivotally gage in the notches 8 of the rods 6 whereby the said rods are held in extended positions and the legs 4 are held in extended positions with relation to the casket 1. Links 11 are pivotally connected at their outer ends with the bolts 9 and the said links at their inner ends are pivotally connected together. Rods 12 are pivotally connected with the links 11 and pas through guides 13 mounted upon the bottom wall of the casket. A plate 14 is also mounted below the bottom wall of the casket and a clamp nut bears against the said plate and is adapted to force the plate against the rods 12 whereby the said rods are held at adjusted positions.

It is apparent that when the nut 15 is loosened the rods 12 may be moved away from each other and the links 11 are moved longitudinally whereby the bolts 9 may engage in the notches of-the rods 6 whereby the legs are held in extended positions. When the parts are so adjusted the casket 1 i supported at an elevated position above the floor. When it is desired to collapse the legs and rods the rods 12 are moved inwardly toward each other whereby the links 11 are moved and the bolts 9 are withdrawn from the notches 8 of the rods 6 and hence the said rods may be folded upon the bottom wall 2 of the casket and the legs may be swung in an upward direction toward the bottom of'the casket. In view of the fact that the bottom of the casket is located above the lower edges of the side walls the parts are housed beneath the bottom ofthe casket and do not interfere with the movement of the casket into a hearse or removal therefrom.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing it will be seen that a casket of simple and durable structure i provided and that the same may be easily and quickly manipulated to support a casket at an elevated position or permit the same to rest upon aflat surface.

Having described the invention What is claimed is In combination with a casket, bearings mounted at the bottom thereof, legs pivotally mounted in the bearings, rods pivotally connected with the legs, blocks pivoted to the 10 casket and receiving said rods, said rods having notches, bolts slldably mounted and MARTIN L. KINNISON.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

